1) Sculpture by Polyclitus
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The Doryphoros (Greek Δορυφόρος, `Spear-Bearer`; Latinised as Doryphorus) of Polykleitos is one of the best known Greek sculptures of the Classical Era in Western Art, depicting a solidly-built, well-muscled standing athlete, originally bearing a spear balanced on his left shoulder. Rendered somewhat above life-size proportions, the los.....
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(1) spearman; (2) guard.
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• (n.) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
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'Spearman'. guard soldier.
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A figure holding a spear.
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Do·ryph'o·ros noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., lit., spear bearing; ... a spear +
fe`rein to bear.]
(Fine Arts) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of whic...
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